The professional services benchmark is made up of companies that provide vital services in our modern economies. The work is increasingly a combination of experience and even technology - relying often on specialist industry knowledge and expertise.
Emerging
Benchmark status
We consider this an emerging benchmark: it has enough data available for us to use bootstrapping to create a representative sample. As the sample grows in size, some scores may slightly change. Our research has shown that our bootstrapped scores are consistent with our standard benchmarks. Read more about the methodology.
Data provided by Culture Amp
Financial Services
28%
Staffing and Recruiting
9%
Investment Management
9%
Architecture & Planning
9%
Insurance
7%
Legal Services
7%
Human Resources
7%
Commercial Real Estate
5%
Investment Banking
5%
Management Consulting
5%
Accounting
5%
Banking
2%
Information Services
2%
Engaged people are emotionally committed to their organization. These people stay at their organizations longer and are more productive and effective. Successful organizations have more engaged employees.
This is in the top 37% compared with the overall average.
The average eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 17 and is in the top 46% compared with the overall average.
Engagement is defined through these five industry-standard questions from Culture Amp’s engagement survey template.
I see myself still working at [Company] in two years' time | 68% 5% above global average |
[Company] motivates me to go beyond what I would in a similar role elsewhere | 72% 3% above global average |
I rarely think about looking for a job at another company | 57% 2% above global average |
I would recommend [Company] as a great place to work | 82% Same as global average |
I am proud to work for [Company] | 84% 2% below global average |
People working in Professional Services Asia are more engaged than Professional Services DACH, Marketing & Advertising Female, Professional Services Western Europe, and Retail United Kingdom. People working in Professional Services Asia are less engaged than New Tech India, Hospitality North America, Construction & Heavy Industry North America, and Construction & Heavy Industry Northern America.
The highest scoring question for Professional Services Asia had 89% of People agreeing that they know how their work contributes to the goals of [company] (+0% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Management.
People in Professional Services Asia were generally least favourable about Social Connection, and were most negative towards 'I believe that my total compensation is fair, relative to similar roles at [Company]' with 23% of people disagreeing (+0% above average).
In the short term, 14% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (-6% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 8% of people see themselves leaving within two years (-4% compared to overall).
The following questions had the biggest impact on whether individuals felt that they were planning to stay at their organization and not actively looking for alternative jobs.
1 I receive appropriate recognition for good work at [Company] | 68% favorable Feedback & Recognition |
2 I have been provided an opportunity to see and discuss recent employee survey results | 67% favorable Action |
3 I have seen positive changes taking place based on recent employee survey results | 56% favorable Action |
We’ve connected the employee feedback data for each company included in the benchmark with ratings from Glassdoor.com, which is one of the world’s largest job and recruiting sites combined with a growing database of company reviews, CEO approval ratings and more.
Overall Rating | 3.6 stars (-0.2) |
Culture and Values | 3.6 stars (-0.3) |
Work Life Balance | 3.4 stars (-0.4) |
Compensation and Benefits | 3.4 stars (-0.2) |
Career Opportunities | 3.3 stars (-0.2) |
Recommend to Friend | 70.0% (-1) |
CEO Approval | 86.0% (+2) |
Organizations in the Professional Services (Asia) benchmark on average gave 6% of employees access to reports with their survey results. This is below the overall average of 10% and demonstrates that organizations in this benchmark are more likely to share via offline and traditional formats.
An interesting reference point is that the average proportion of managers in organizations is 12-15%, with some industries higher than others (New Tech was closer to 20%).
Global average
10%
Professional Services (Asia)
6%
People in Professional Services Asia were much more positive than average regarding Action, Feedback & Recognition, and Collaboration & Communication.
On the lower side, People in Professional Services Asia had much lower favorable scores than average in Fairness and Social Connection.
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